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furniriiccl with a gicar vaiicty of planes wluch luc- 

 cet-a very v.'cll m cl\c llovcs, dvA lomc or th^nn urrlve 

 ro a creit degree of pcrt'ccunn, 



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Sec Krythrin'a. 



COR A L L O D K NM) R O N . Sec Krythriva. 

 C O R C H () 1^ L' S. L.in. Cscn. Tlaiu. 675. Tourn. Inft. 



250. tab. 135- J^^^s MalloNV. 

 The Characters aR% 



T'/'c; empalanent of the flo-Ji'Cr is ccmpofed of five vanoio 

 fpar-fjciped leaves, zd'uh are cre^. Tke fio-'xer hath 

 ^tivc oblonz blunt petals, -zvhieh ar 



e no longer than the ern- 



pclemer.t. It hath many hairy fiamina, '•juhieh arefJjorter 

 than the petals, tcrrainated by fmall fiamuits. In the 



ce 



aftevn^ard becomes a cylindrical pod /saving five ceus, 

 vehieh are filled vAth anguhr-pointed feeds. 

 This trcnus of planes is ranged in the firft feftion of 

 Linniuus's diirccenrh clafs intitled Polyandria Mo- 

 nody nia, the dowers iiaving many ftamina and but 



one Ityle. 



The Species are, 

 1. CoRCHORus {Olitorius) capfulis oblongis, ventrlcofis, 

 foliorum infimis ferraturis fetaceis* Lin. Flor. Zeyl. 



213. Jews Mallow voith chlong fjjelling pods^ and the 

 fvivs on the under fide of the leaves terminatingwith briftles. 

 Corchorus five Melowhia. J. B. 2. 9S2. Common Jews 



MalloziK 



2. Corchorus {Mftaans) capfulis oblongis, fexfulcatis 

 fexcufpidatis, foUis cordatis infimis ferraturis fetaceis. 

 Lin. Sp. 746. Jews Mallow with oblong furrowed pods, 

 heart Jhaped leaves, whofe fazvs terminate with brifiles, 

 Corchorus Americana, carpini foliis, fextuplici cap- 



fula pr^longa. Pluk, 



3. Corchorus (C^^/2^/t2m) capfulis fubrotundis, deprefTis, 

 rugofis. Flor. Zeyl. 214. Jews Malloiv with roundifij 

 depreffed capfules which are rough. Corchorus Ameri- 

 cana, praelongis foliis, capfula itriata fubrotunda brevi. 



Pluk. 



4. Corchorus (Tetragonis) fofiis ovato-cordatis crcnatis, 



ca]3fulis tetragonis, apicibus reflexis. Jews Mallovo 

 with oval heart-fhaped leaves which are crenated^ and 

 four-cornered capfules, whofe points are reflexed. Cor- 

 chorus flore flavo, frudtu carophylloide. Pluk. 



5. Corchorus (Linearibus) foliis lanceolatis, ferrato 

 dcntatis, capfulis linearibus, compreffis, bivalvibus. 

 Jew Mallow with fpear-fhaped leaves, which are in- 

 dented like the teeth of a faw, and narrow^ compreffed, 

 bivalvular pods. 



6. Corchorus {Bifiircatis) foliis cordatis, ferratis, cap- 

 fulis linearibus, compreflis, apicibus bifurcatis. Jews 

 Mallow with heart-fioaped fawed leaves, and narrow com- 



preffed pods, whofe points have two horns. 



7. Corchorus {Siliqtiofus) capfulis linearibus compreflis, 

 foliis lanceolatis sequaliter ferratis. Lin. Sp. 746. 

 Jew's Mallow with compreffed capfules, and fpear-fhaped 

 leaves equally fawed on their edges. Corchorus Ameri- 

 cana, foliis &: frudtu auguftioribus. Tourn. Inft. R. 



H. 259. ^ . - \ -" " / 



8. Corchorus {Hirfuta) capfulis fubrotundis lanatis, fo- 

 liis ovatis obtufis tomentpfis aequaliter ferratis. Lin. 

 Sp. 747. Jews Mallow with roundifh downy pods, and 

 c-btufe, oval, woolly leaves, which are equally fawed on 



-their edges. Corchoro affimis Chama^dryos folio, flore 

 ftamineo, feminioribus atris quadrangulis duplici ferie 

 dlfpofitis. Sloan. Cat. 50. 



The firft fpecies, Rauwolf fays, is fown in great plenty 

 about Aleppo, as a pot-herb, the Jews boiling the 

 leaves of this plant to eat with their meat ; this he 

 fuppofes to' be the OIus Judaicum of Avicenna, and 

 the Corchorum of Pliny. 



This plant grows in the Eaft and Weft-Indies, from 

 both which places I have feveral times received the 

 feeds. In the Eaft-Indies the herb is ufed in the fame 

 manner as in the Levant, as I have been informed ; 

 but I do not hear that it is ufed by the inhabitants of 

 America. 



It is an annual plant, which rifes about two feet high, 

 dividing into feveral branches, garnifhed with leaves 

 of different fizes and forms \ fome are fpear-fliaped, 

 others are oval, and fome almoft heart-lhaped ^ they 



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are of a deep green, and fii.'z'vly iivJcnrrJ on thcif 

 edges, having near their bafc two brill ly kv^mcp.ts, 

 whicll are rcllexed. I'hcy have very lon^:^ flend?r 

 fooMlalks, efpecially thoic which grow on ih.c lov.n 

 part of the branches. The flowers fit do* 

 oppofite fide of the branches to t;)e leave.'^ 



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fingly; they arc compofed of five frr.alt yellow yc- 

 tais, and a great number of ilamina jurrorjufu-io- tl^* 



oblong germen, which is fituated Va tl\e center oV the 

 flower, and afterward turns to a rough iwdhn^ Cc^j)- 

 fule, two inches long, ending in a point, opening i^ 

 four cells, which are filled with angular greenifla feeds. 

 This plant flowers in July and Auguil, and the feeds 

 ripen in autumn. 



I'he fecond fort grov,'s natv.rally in fjvcral iflands of 

 the Weft-Indies, from whence tiie Iceds have bec;i 

 fent me ^ this is alio an annual plant, which rifes with 

 a ftrong herbaceous ftalk two feet high, divided 

 upward into two or three branches, garnifiied witli 

 heart-fliaped leaves, fawed on their edges, ftaiuiin:}: 

 upon long foot-ftalks •, and between thefe are feveral 

 imaller leaves nearly of the famefcrm, fitting clofe to 

 the branches. The flowers come oul: finglv on the fide 

 of the branches, as tlie other, whicli are ihapcd like 

 them, and are fuccceded by longer i'welling pod.^s 

 which are rough, and have four longitudinal furruw:^; 

 thefe open into four parts at the top, and contain four 

 rows of angular feeds. It flowers and feeds at the 

 fame time with the former fort. 



The third fort grows naturally in both Indies •, I hrive 

 received the feeds of this from feveral parts of India 

 and America ; this is alfo an annual plant, w^iich rlfes 

 with a flender herbaceous ftalk about three feet 



1, fending out feveral weak ^ranches, which are 

 garnifiied at each joint by one leaf of an oblong heart- 

 fliape, ending in a long acute point, and are favred 

 on their edges, ftanding upon fliorr foot-ftalks. Th.c 

 flowers come out fi-^giy on the fide of the branches, 

 to which tliey fit very cloie ; they are finaUcr than 

 thofe of the former forts, and are fucceededby fiiort 

 roundifti feed-vefiels, which are rough, and flatted 

 at the top, having fix cells filled with fmall angular 

 feeds. This flowers and feeds at the fame time as the 

 former. - 



The fourth fort is alfo a native of both Indies, from 

 whence I have received the feeds ; this is an annual 

 plant, which rifes about two feet high, dividing into 

 fmall branches, garniflied with oval heart-fliaped 

 leaves, fawed on their edges. The P.owers of this 

 are very fmall, of a pale yellow, and are fucceeded 

 by fwelling, rough, four-cornered feed-veflxrls, about 

 an inch long, flatted at the top, where there are four 

 horns, which are reflexed, fo that thefe have fome 

 refemblance in ihape to the Clove. This flowers and 

 feeds about the fame time as the former forts. . 

 The feeds of the fifth fort were fent me from Cartha- 

 gena in New Spain, where the plants grow natu- 

 rally ; this is an annual plant, which rifes about three 

 feet high, fending out feveral weak fide branches^ 

 garnifiied with leaves about three inches long, and 

 one broad in the middle, leflxming gradually to both 

 ends, and are indented on tli.e edges like the teeth of 

 a faw, fitting clofe to the branches. The flowers 

 come outfingly, oppofite to the leaves •, they are very 

 fmall, of a pale yellow, and are fucceeded by feed- 

 velTels near two inches long, which are flat, and have 

 two cells filled with fmall an2;ular feeds. This flowers 

 and ripens its feeds about the fame time as the for- 



mer. 



The feeds of the fixth fort were fent m 



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maica by the late Dr. Houftoun ; this is an annual 

 plant, which rifes with a ftrong herbaceous ftalk be- 

 tween three and four feet high, fending out ftvcral 

 fide branches, which grow erecl, garniflied with 

 heart-fiiaped leaves fawed on their edges, ftandin 

 upon long flender foot-ftalks ; between thefe grow 

 many fmaller leaves nearly of the fume form, fitting 

 clofe to the branches. The flbwers cDme out froni 

 the fide of the branches, oh flioft foot-ftalks -, they 





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